The High Court on Friday dealt a major blow to President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza administration after ruling that the Azimio Coalition is the majority party in the National Assembly.

In a ruling by a three-judge bench comprising Justices John Chigiti, Jairus Ngaah, and Lawrence Mugambi, the High Court sitting in Nairobi affirmed that Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party rightfully holds the majority in the National Assembly.

“Based on the information provided by the registrar of political parties, these parties were members of the Azimio La Umoja coalition. There was no evidence that this court or any tribunal had suspended the Azimio La Umoja coalition agreement,” the judges said in their ruling.

The bench dismissed allegations by Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula and National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wa that there existed a post-election agreement between One Kenya Alliance and other Azimio Coalition parties, saying it was never supported by any evidence.

They further issued an order nullifying Wetangula’s declaration that Kenya Kwanza Alliance is the majority party in the National Assembly and stressed that the voters had already determined the majority party through the election process, hence the Speaker’s decision could not override the will of the people.

Complicating things even further for President Ruto, the court found that Speaker Wetangula’s dual role as Speaker of the National Assembly and leader of Ford Kenya was unconstitutional – a decision with huge political implications as the ruling coalition is expected to push its policies via parliamentary leadership.

“The dual role is unlawful and unconstitutional. Once he became Speaker of the National Assembly, he ceased to be the leader of Ford Kenya,” the court ruled.